Delivering mechanism



A. RYDQUIST.

DELIVERING MECHANISM.

APFL

ICATION FILED JUNE 8. I915.

Patented June 24, 1919.

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DELIVERING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEB. I915.

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ADOLPH RYDQUIST, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

DELIVERING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 24, 1919.

Application filed June 8, 1915. Serial No. 32,966.

To all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that I, AnoLPH RYDQUIsT, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Delivering Mechanism; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My invention relates to delivering mechanism for vending machines andparticularly to machines of the coin or check controlled type. One ofthe objects of the invention is to provide in a machine of this class animproved and simplified arrangement of parts adapted to reduce to aminimum the liability of the parts getting out of order.

A further object of the invention is to provide certain novel featuresfor delivering one or more classes of merchandise from a machinecontrolled by a single coin or check receiving apparatus.

A further object of the invention is to provide, in an improveddelivering mechanism, means for automatically locking any one of thegoods discharging columns of the machine as soon as the same is emptied,thereby preventing the machine from receiving a coin or check withoutgiving something in return therefor.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features and forms of construction as will be herein-- after morefully described and pointed out in the specification and claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a rear elevational View embodying the features of theinvention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the locking and delivering mechanism shownin Fig. 1 with the locking member in reverse position;

Fi 3 is afront view of the mechanism a shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line a-a of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line b?) of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on line 0-0 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 7 is a front view of a portion of the machine showing the operatingand indicating handles and the manner of positioning the latter withrespect to the words designating the kind of goods carried by themachine.

- Similar reference numerals throughout the several views indicate thesame parts.

My improved delivering mechanism is adapted to Work in conjunction withany suitable coin or check controlled apparatus (not shown in thepresent embodiment) wherein a coin or check is adapted to renderoperative the mechanism for delivering the merchandise carried by themachine.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 represents a casing in which asupport member carrying the operating mechanism is mounted beneathsuitable receptacles or columns 3 preferably for holding small articlesof merchandise, such as chewing gum or candy in packages. The side wallsof the casing l are connected by a brace bar l adapted to receive. aforwardly projecting member 5 carried by the supporting member withinthe casing. On the inside of the front of the casing preferably providea flanged bracket 6 having an opening therethrough adapted to receivethe offset end 7 of a plate 8 secured to the receptacle or column 3 forremovably supporting the same in the manner shown in Fig. 4. The frontof the casing is provided with spaced guide plates 9 and 10 curvinginwardly and outwardly as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 to form a passagewaythrough which merchandise is intended to be delivered from thereceptacles or columns 3 when the delivery mecha-.

nism is operated. The supporting member 2 is cut through at 11, leavinga top cross connection 12 to which is secured a depending member 13preferably formed integral with the laterally projecting arms 14:secured to the cross connection 12 in any suitable manner. The dependingmember 13 is provided with forwardly projecting flanges 15 through whichis positioned a stationary shaft having its ends fixed in theprojections 5 carried by the supporting member. A pair of deliveringmembers comprising a substantially semicircular portion 17 provided withside extensions 18 are adapted to be pivotally mounted on the shaft 16between the forwardly projecting members 5 and the flanges 15. Thebottom edge of the semicircular portion 17 is adapted to normally reston the curved plate 10 as shown in Fig. t and the top edge is disposedalittle to the rear of the bottom of sitioned between the extensions 18and extending downwardly thereon below the shaft 16 in the manner shownin Fig. 1. Positioned between the bifurcated ends 20 and over the shaft16 are U-shaped spacing members 21 adapted to be held in position byrods or shafts 22- passing through the top of the U'shaped members andthe extensions 18 of the delivery members 17, the shafts being providedwith shoulders 23 and nuts 21 for the purpose of tightening or clampingthe extensions 18 against the bifurcated ends 20 held apart by theUshaped members 21. The shafts are provided with extensions 25 extendingto the center of the machine, to form cranks for turning the deliveringmembers and are arranged to be normally held in engagement with theshoulder 26 of the segmental sliding gear 27 as shown in Fig. 6. Thesegmental gear is slidingly mounted on the shaft 16 between the flanges15 of the depending member 13 and is adapted to engage with and beoperated by a rack bar 28 of an actuating member 29 as shown in Fig. 1.The rack bar of the actuating member is adapted to be guided in its upand down movement between the top of the depending member 13 and thecross support 12 and is raised and lowered through the medium of asegmental gear 30 connecting with a rack 31 preferably integral with theactuating member 29 carrying the rack bar 28. The actuating member iselevated by turning the handle carrying a shaft 33 journaled in therearwardly disposed memher 3 1 and upon said shaft is rigidly mountedthe segmental gear 30 connecting with the rack 31. The coin controllingmecha nism, not shown in the present embodiment,

is connected with the shaft 33 and locks the actuating member againstupward movement, except when a proper coin is inserted in the machine toallow the handle 32 and shaft 33 to turn. The actuating member 29 whenonce elevated is returned to its normal position by means of a spring 35having one end attached to a projection 36 preferably on the rack 31 andthe other end secured to the bottom of the casing in any suitablemanner. A pivotally mounted tumbler 37 havinglaterally extendingupturned arms 38 and upwardly extending spaced projections 39 is carriedon a shaft 10 secured in the top of the depending member 13 as shown inFigs. 5 and 6. A locking member 41 is pivotally mounted on a shaft 42the rear end of which is secured in the back of the cross support 12: asshown in Figs. 5 and 6. The locking member is provided with laterallyextending down turned arms (L3 said arms being adapted to project intothe openings or notches 44 formed in the top of the delivering member 17for the purpose of locking either of said delivering members againstdisplacement when it is desired to rotate the other delivering membertodischarge merchandise therefrom. The locking member is provided with adownwardly disposed gear shifting member forming extensions 45positioned on each side of the segmental sliding gear 27 to pro videmeans for shifting the gear with respect to the crank extensions carriedby the delivering members so that either one of the extensions may beturned forwardly by the shoulder 46 on the segmental gear when the gearis operated by the rack bar 28, the shoulder 26 of the gear beingadapted to 'engage the extensions to return the delivering members totheir normal position after discharging merchandise from the machinewhen the rack bar is pulled down by the action of the spring Acontrolling member 47 is provided with front and back bearings 18 and19, the latter being loosely journaled in, the hollow shaft 416 and theformer in a hollow shaft 50' connecting with the indicating handle 51 atthe front of the machine as shown in Fig. Mounted on the shaft 50 withinthe casing is a collar 52 and spaced therefrom on the inner end of theshaft is a. rigidly mounted holding member 53 provided with a rightangle extension 54 projecting toward the front of the machine andpreferably overlapping the collar 52. Between the holding member 53 andthe collar 52 is loosely wound upon the shaft 50 acoil spring 55 havingupstanding ends 56 spaced apart by the right angle extension 5l as shownin Fig. 6. The control ling member 1-7 is provided with a forwardprojection 57 positioned between the up standing ends 56 of the coilspring 55. At the rear of the controlling member isprovided a verticallydisposed operating arm 58 from which extends at the top thereof ahorizontal positioning member 59, both sides of which are beveled at thebottom as shown at 60. The horizontal positioning member is positionedbetween the upwardly extending spaced projections 39 of the tumbler 37and normally remains in engagement with one of the projections foroperating the tumbler. The locking member is provided with upwardly, andoutwardly inclined projections 61 adapted to receive the operating arm58 of the controlling member as shown in Fig. 3. The top of the rack bar28 is pointed to form sloping sides 62 meeting at the center of the baras shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The sloping sides are adapted to engage thepositioning member 59 to move the operating arm 58 in position to engageone of the inclined projections 61 in the manner shown in Fig. 3.

In Figs. 1, 5 and 6 are shown packages of shown by dotted lines theposition of the package after the delivering member has been givenconsiderably more than a quarter of a turn from its normal holdingposition. In Fig. 1 is shown a locking follower 6 f resting on top ofthe supporting member 19 after all of the packages have been dischargedfrom the column. In the same figure, as well as in Figs. 1 and 2, isshown an additional follower superimposed upon.

the follower 64. The followers 65 are provided with rearwardly extendingflanges 66 adapted to engage the upturned arms 38 of the tumbler 37 assoon as the merchandise from one of the columns or receptacles has beendischarged, the purpose of the follower being to hold-the tumbler downon the discharged side thereby retaining the locking members in alocking position with respect to the delivering members for thedischarged column and throwing the sliding gear in position to operatethe opposite delivering member for the undischarged column orreceptacle. If the indicating handle 51, is turned to the right afterthe flange 66 of the follower 65 has reached the cross support 12, asshown in Fig. 2, the controlling member 47 will not operate to move thetumbler and raise the follower as the tension of the coil spring 55 isnot great enough to raise the weight of the follower. The handle howeveris free to turn to the proper indicating position regardless of whetheror not the controlling member is moved. as the continuous tightening ofthe spring on the shaft 50 by turning the handle to its extremeindicating position does not create force enough to move the controllingmember and thereby raise the follower. It will be seen therefore thatalthough the purchaser may set the indicating handle to point to anempty column he will, nevertheless, receive goods from the oppositecolumn if he inserts a coin within the machine and will therefore getsomething in return for his money. However should both columns becomeempty the position of the parts would be that as shown in Figs. 2 and 4in which the deliveriug member at the left of Fig. 2 though not lockedby the locking member would be held against forward movement by thebottom follower 64 as shown in Fig. 4 and inv this case the actuatingmember could not be operated thereby preventing the discharge of thecoin into the machine and the consequent loss thereof to the operator,for the reason that the coin controlling device is so constructed as torender returnable to the operator coins inserted therein when thedelivering device fails to work.

In the complete operation of my. improved delivering mechanism theindicating handle is set pointing to either the word gum or chocolate asthe purchaser selects. handle points to the word gum the upstanding endof the spring to the left of the controlling member will engage theforward projection 57 thereof and will move the operating arm 58 and thepositioning member to the right. This will place the horizontalpositioning member 59 of the controlling member in a position .to theright of the center of the machine, looking at the front thereof. Withthe horizontal positioning member in this position the operator places acoin in the slot provided for that purpose and turns the handle 32 tothe right thereby turning the shaft 33 and the segmental gear 30 toelevate the actuating member 29. As the actuating member is moved up oneof the sloping sides 62 of the pointed rack bar 28 will come intoengagement with one of the bevel sides 60 of the horizontal positioningmember 59 and in this particular case forcing the top of the lockingmember to the right and the gear positioning member to the left, thusmoving the segmental gear to the position shown in Fig. 3 in properrelation for the shoulders 46 thereon to come in contact with the crankextension 25 on the left hand delivering member when the actuatingmember has been elevated from the position shown in Fig, 6 to theposition shown in Fig. 5. At this stage of the operation any furtherupward movement of the actuating member will cause the segmental gear torotate the delivering member forwardly to the position indicated bydotted lines in Fig. 5 to discharge the package 63 from themachinethrough the passageway formed by the curved guide plates 9 and 10. Afterthe package has been discharged and upon releasing the handle 32 thespring 35 will return the actuating member and the other movable partsof the machine to their normal position. When the-actuating member is inits normal position as shown inFig. 1, it will be seen that thehorizontal positioning member 59 is free to pass from one side of thecenter of the machine to the other over the pointed top of the rack bar28 by turning the indicating handle 51 either to the right or left asthe occasion demands. This is possible however only when both of thecolumns contain a suflicient number of packages to hold the flanges 66of the top followers off of the upstanding arms 38 of the tumbler 37,for as previously stated, either one of the followers upon descendinglow enough on one side of the machine to engage one of the upstandingarms 38 will cause the down turned arm 43 of the locking member 41 tolock the delivering member on the same side of the machine bypositioning said dow'n turned arm within the opening 44 cut in the topof the delivering mem- If the ber. However, when neither of thefollowers have reached a posltion to engage the upstanding arms of thetumbler, the down turned arms l3 of the locking member are free to beshifted from one of the openings 44 to the other.

I claim as my invention:

1. I11 a delivering mechanism, the com bination of .a receptacle,,amovably mounted delivering member adapted to receive merchandise from'the receptacle, a crank on said delivering member, a gear adapted tovengage the crank, and a' movable rack for rotating the gear intoengagement with the crank to operate the delivering member.

2. In a delivering mechanism, the coin bination with a receptacle forholding merchandise, of a movably mounted delivering member adapted toreceive merchandise from the receptacle, an actuator, a gear slidablymounted upon the actuator and adapted to be actuated thereby, a crankopera tively connected with the delivering member and means for movingthe gear into and out of operative engagement with said crank.

3. In a delivering mechanism, the combination with a receptacle forholding merchandise and an oscillatory delivering member adapted toreceive merchandise from the receptacle, of an arm connected with saiddelivering member, a reciprocally mounted actuator and a gear arrangedto be driven by the actuator in opposite directions, said gear beingoperatively connected with said arm.

4. In a delivering mechanism, the com bination with a plurality ofreceptacles for holding merchandise, of movably mounted deliveringmembers connecting with said receptacles and adapted to receivemerchandise therefrom, extensions carried by the delivering members foroperating the same, an actuator, a sliding gear rotatably connected withthe actuator, means for simultaneously locking one of the deliveringmembers and positioning the gear in operative relationship to theextension carried by the opposite delivering member and means for movingthe actuator to rotate the gear for the purpose of operating the lastmentioned delivering member to discharge merchandise therefrom.

5. In a delivering mechanism, the combination with a plurality ofreceptacles for holding merchandise, of movably mounted deliveringmembers connected with said receptacles and adapted to receivemerchandise therefrom, extensions carried by the delivering members foroperating the same, an actuator, a gear rotatably connected with theactuator in sliding engagement therewith and with the extensions, alocking member provided with projecting arms and a gear shiftingextension connecting with said gear, openings formed in the deliveringmembers, means adapted to be engaged by the actuator to simultaneouslycause one of the projecting arms to engage one of said deliveringmembers within said opening and to cause said gear shifting extension tomove the gear in operative relationship to the eX- tension carried bythe opposite delivering member and means for moving the actuator intooperative engagement with said last mentioned means.

6. In a delivering mechanism, the com bination wit-h a plurality ofreceptacles for holding merchandise, of movably mounted deliveringmembers connecting with said receptacles and adapted to receivemerchandise therefrom, followers carried upon the merchandise within thereceptacles, a looking member having projecting arms one of which iscapable of being positioned in looking engagement with one of thedelivering members when it is desired to operate the other deliveringmember, an actuator, a gear rotatably connected with the actuator, andadapted to engage and operate the unlocked delivering member when theactuator is operated, a movable tumbler having projecting arms in thepaths of the descending followers, means connecting the tumbler and thelocking member whereby when the merchandise from one of said receptacleshas been discharged the follower thereon will engage one of the arms ofthe tumbler and place said connecting means in position to hold one ofthe arms of the locking member in looking engagement with the deliveringmember of the discharged receptacle, and means for moving the actuatorto rotate the gear for the purpose of operating the other deliveringmember.

7. In a delivering mechanism, the combination with a plurality ofreceptacles for holding merchandise, of mo ably mounted deliveringmembers connecting with said receptacles, extensions carried by thedelivering members for operating the same, an actuator provided with apointed top forming sloping sides, a gear rotatably con-- nected withthe actuator in sliding engagement therewith and with the extensions andoperatively positioned with respect to the extensions, a locking memberprovided with projecting arms and carrying a gear shifting extension inengagement with said gear, spaced projections formed upon the lookingmember, openings formed in the delivering members, a movably mountedcontrolling member having an operating arm positioned between 'saidspaced projections, a positioning member carried by said operating armin position to be engaged by one of the sloping sides of the pointedactuator, means for moving the controlling member to place thepositioning member on either side of the center of the pointed actuator,

and means for moving the actuator to cause one of the sloping sides ofthe pointed top toengage the positioning member for the purpose ofmoving the operating arm to engage one of the spaced projections toactuate the locking member whereby one of the projecting arms of thelocking member is positioned in locking engagement with one of thedelivering members within the opening formed therein, said gear shiftingextension thereby moving said gear to an operative position with respectto the extension on the opposite delivering member in order that themovement of the actuator may rotate the gear to actuate the deliveringmember.

8. In a delivering mechanism, the combination with a plurality ofreceptacles for holding merchandise, of movably mounted deliveringmembers connecting with said receptacles and adapted to receivemerchandise therefrom, extensions carried by the delivering members, anactuator comprising a rack bar provided with a pointed top, a segmentalgear rotatably connected with the rack bar and provided with spacedshoulders disposed on opposite sides of said extensions normally inposition to operate one of the' extensions and capable of being shiftedto an operative position with respect to the other extension, a lockingmember having projecting arms and carrying a gear shifting extension inengagement with said ear, spaced projections formed on the locliingmember, a movably mounted controlling member having an operating armpositioned between said spaced projections, a positioning member carriedby the locking member in position to be engaged by the pointed top ofsaid rack bar, openings formed in 40 the delivering member, means formoving the controlling member to place the positioning member on eitherside of the center of the pointed actuator and means for moving theactuator to cause the pointed top to engage the positioning member forthe purpose of moving the operating arm to engage one of the spacedprojections to actuate the locking member whereby one of the projectingarms of the locking member is positioned in looking engagement with oneof the delivering members within the opening formed therein, said gearshifting extension thereby moving said gear to an operative positionwith respect to the extension on the opposite delivering member in orderthat the movement of the actuator may rotate the gear to actuate thedelivering member.

ADOLPH RYDQUIST.

Witnesses;

G. WILLARD RICH, RUSSELL B. GRIFFITH.

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